# Luis Ortiz Gambling Investigation
**URL:** https://community.ottoneu.com/t/luis-ortiz-gambling-investigation/15469
**Category:** Baseball Rules
**Created:** [July 3, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/luis-ortiz-gambling-investigation/15469 "2025-07-03T19:01:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@jordan.ryan.pedersen](https://community.ottoneu.com/u/jordan.ryan.pedersen)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/luis-ortiz-gambling-investigation/15469/1 "2025-07-03T19:01:38Z")
Hey Niv -
I understand that Ortiz is still under investigation and hasn’t been suspended yet, so he still takes up a roster spot. But if they find that Ortiz has gambled on his own games, I assume he’ll be banned from the sport as Tucupita Marcano was. In that case, would he be removed from my roster? And if I cut him right now and he is eventually removed, would the cap penalty also be removed from my payroll?
Thanks, sorry I’ve looked all around the message board but can’t find any info on this situation.
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### Author:  [@nivshah](https://community.ottoneu.com/u/nivshah)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2025, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/luis-ortiz-gambling-investigation/15469/2 "2025-07-04T13:08:34Z")
I’m not going to speculate on an on-going investigation.
Generally if a player is no longer eligible to play baseball, they will be removed from our player pool, as we did for Tyler Skaggs.
> [@Tyler Skaggs RIP](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/tyler-skaggs-rip/5887):
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> Not sure if this is really a “wish,” but when a player dies and is subsequently dropped, can a commissioner waive the cap penalty?
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### Author:  [@jordan.ryan.pedersen](https://community.ottoneu.com/u/jordan.ryan.pedersen)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/luis-ortiz-gambling-investigation/15469/3 "2025-07-05T00:22:05Z")
Thanks!